* * This public notice also appears in the Arctic Sounder and AnchorageDaily News newspapers on October 28, 2010.

EPA is proposing to reissue National Pollutant Discharge EliminationSystem (NPDES) (Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.) permits toConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc. for the Kuparuk Seawater Treatment Plant andto BP Exploration-Alaska, Inc. for the Prudhoe Bay Seawater TreatmentPlant, located on the North Slope, Alaska. The draft Kuparuk permit(AK-004335-4) reauthorizes discharges from the strainer/filter backwashsystem (Outfall 001) and marine life return system (Outfall 002) toSimpson Lagoon of the Beaufort Sea. The draft Prudhoe Bay permit(AK-002984-0) reauthorizes discharges from the combined waste stream(Outfall 001) to Stefansson Sound of the Beaufort Sea. Two wastestreams are no longer discharged from the Prudhoe Bay facility and willnot be authorized under the re-issued permit: the marine life returnsystem and sanitary/domestic waste water. Both proposed permits includeadditional effluent restrictions and monitoring requirements compared tothe existing administratively extended permits.

This notice also serves as public notice for the State of Alaska,Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC), draft certifications ofreasonable assurance that the Kuparuk and Prudhoe Bay NPDES permits willcomply with the applicable provisions of Sections 208(e), 301, 302, 303,306 and 307 of the Clean Water Act. The NPDES permits will not bereissued until the certification requirements of Section 401 have beenmet. For information concerning the state draft 401 certifications,please contact Marc Bentley (907) 269-6287.

To comment on the tentative determinations contained in the proposedpermits and fact sheets, please submit written comments postmarked byNovember 29, 2010. All comments must include the commenter's name,address and telephone number and a concise statement of the exact basisof any comment and the relevant facts upon which it is based. Sendwritten comments and requests to EPA, Attn: Ms. Hanh Shaw, Office ofWater/Watersheds, 1200 6th Ave, Ste 900, OWW-130, Seattle, WA 98101oremail to shaw.hanh@epa.gov or via facsimile to (206) 553-0165.

Written comments on the ADEC state certifications should be sentpostmarked by November 29, 2010, to Alaska Department of EnvironmentalConservation, Attn: Mr. Marc Bentley, 555 Cordova St, Anchorage, AK99501 or email to marc.bentley@alaska.gov.